What could break the current climate deadlock?

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How will you reboot the future?

What if there was a massive uprising of young citizens, forcing all adults to respond proportionately to the climate emergency?

A new campaign from the charity Reboot the Future, in partnership with Forum for the Future and our Founder Director, Jonathon Porritt, is set to inspire new conversations on the climate crisis and support young people to take action as we approach COP26.

How Will You Reboot the Future?‘ features Jonathon’s new e-book, Rise Up to Reboot the Future, and a series of five films which tell the story of the next five years and how young people can play a role in transforming the world into a fairer and more sustainable place.

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Roots of Transformation: Lessons and leverage points for sustainable living

From May 2019 to March 2021, the Boundless Roots Community, a global group of climate practitioners, has been exploring how – in response to the climate crisis – we can radically shift the ways in which we live our lives. We acknowledge the need for radical change if we are to meet the 1.5 degree challenge – but just how can we actually drive it?

 

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The Futures Centre
Insight Signal of change
As the decade of delivery gathers pace, we spend a lot of time thinking about what will change, how,
and when. But what won’t be changing? We asked  five futures thinkers just that…
More powerful, accessible satellite imagery helps fight deforestation
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School of System Change
School Stories: Making the transition into the world of systems change Basecamp Americas Summer 2021
As part of a series of interviews with Forum’s
School of System Change alumni, Paula Oliveira
tells us about what led her to the training, how it inspired further change into her life and how she’s navigating the system change scene in Portugal and beyond.
Applications for our Basecamp Americas programme are now open to changemakers from all sectors across the Americas. A fully-virtual programme not to be missed.
Apply by 30 April.
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Governance – the overlooked route to transformation: How can we best organise for change?

At the heart of change is how we think, relate and act. A new insights piece from Forum’s Sean Andrew, Louise Armstrong and Anna Birney explores governance as the place of untapped potential that can enable transformation today and into the future.

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We have a number of exciting new opportunities across our international offices. We approach hiring by aiming to minimise possible bias, and do not have an ‘ideal’ candidate in mind. We value the range of diverse experiences that people can bring to a role.

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Events

 

27 May
Taking futures and foresight into the
everyday
27 May
Net Impact Approaches 2021: Aligning and integrating approaches to tackle the climate, nature and inequality crises
The practice of foresight may seem nebulousat first,
but we are always making decisions about our futures
in ways large and small. How do we make the practice one that everyone can engage in? Join a joint event from RSA US and Forum for the Future Americas, featuring Alisha Bhagat, Senior Futurist, Forum for the Future Americas
This annual event brings together the different communities involved in measuring and valuing environmental and social capitals and impacts, and those setting targets around net zero and net positive impacts.
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